Spring 2017

School for the Contemporary Arts theatre professor Ker Wells and Master of Fine Arts alumna, Megan Stewart, returned to their home province of Prince Edward Island to put on a community-created ensemble theatre production inspired by concerns about the health of the nearby River Clyde. read more

Associate Professor Peter Anderson has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Chris Dagg Award for International Impact. The annual award recognizes and celebrates the achievements of SFU faculty or staff who have made a significant contribution to the internationalization of SFU. read more

Three students from School of Interactive Arts and Technology are graduating straight into plum jobs at the top of the social media ladder—one at Google in New York City and two others at Facebook. read more

Associate Professor Kate Hennessy and Professor Steve DiPaola from SFU’s School of Interactive Arts & Technology, along with UBC Graduate School of Journalism collaborator Assistant Professor Taylor Owen, have recently been awarded the Journalism 360 Challenge grant to help advance research in immersive storytelling. read more

On June 22nd and 23rd, students from SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts displayed site-specific installations and performative works in Vancouver’s Stanley Park to address the Indigenous and colonial histories of the park. read more

SIAT students Naheel Jawaid and Aileen Wang did incredibly well at the STEM Spotlight Awards this past January. The unique event is designed to provide a platform for innovative and emerging careers with the potential to create positive change in the world. read more

Recent graduates of Communication University of China’s Double Degree Program in Global Communication, Song Yu and Hatty Liu are currently working in China as editors in the publishing industry. read more

Interim CEO of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR), Bev Holmes talks about her unconventional journey to the CEO's chair - including her experience of doing her degrees later on in life. read more

Film student Gloria Mercer recently attended the Bentonville Film Festival to show her film 'Bombing'. In this article, Gloria gives a first-person account of her experience in Bentonville, Arkansas. read more

Could you imagine an internet controlled completely by major Internet Service Providers? Neither could Steve Anderson. Learn how this FCAT alum fights for an open internet in Canada via his local NGO, OpenMedia. read more

Born and raised in Bangladesh, Gopa Caesar came to SFU after being accepted into the Global Communication MA Double Degree program. Gopa's research investigates the way the 1947 Partition of Bengal is depicted in documentary films, and how things have changed over time. read more

Misato Matsutani, a Communication student, recently attended the Quebec Universities English Undergraduate Conference (QUEUC) - a primarily Humanities based conference at Bishop’s University this past March. read more

FCAT is an engaged partner in KEY, SFU’s Big Data Initiative. Priding ourselves on delivering cutting-edge research and pedagogy, the School of Communication was one of the first schools at SFU to offer classes that include content on the internet, social media and big data. read more

Using big data research, Peter Chow-White, professor and director of the School of Communication, and his team at GeNA Lab, have developed an innovative system that gives basketball teams a competitive advantage. This performance tracking and analysis tool rivals the ones used by some professional teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). read more

SIAT students Naheel Jawaid and Aileen Wang did incredibly well at the STEM Spotlight Awards this past January. The unique event is designed to provide a platform for innovative and emerging careers with the potential to create positive change in the world. read more